After over 12 years of heavy use, the Bugatti Circuit of Le Mans has undergone renovation to replace its top layer of asphalt. Despite the excellent structure of the existing track, the renovation was necessary because of the performance needs of the various races its hosts. Motorcycles in particular, are sensitive to the change of adhesion offered by the track throughout its lifetime.

Sebastian Vettel has praised Sepang International Circuit (SIC) ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix following a repaving of the legendary venue with Shell Cariphalte Racetrack - a high performance bitumen specifically developed for use on racing circuits.

Shell Bitumen paved the way for more than 200 students from 29 countries around the world to put their energy efficient vehicles through their paces at the Shell Eco-marathon Europe by laying the temporary race track at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in under 48 hours.

As a global business Shell places great emphasis on innovation. Apart from our business divisions for oil and gas exploration and extraction (Upstream), processing and marketing of oil products (Downstream) and the integrated gas trade (Integrated Gas), Shell also has a separate division – Projects and Technologies - where all research and development works are concentrated.

14 June 2016, Interoutes & Ville, Paris – Shell is announcing the immediate availability in France of Shell Bitumen Fresh containing the award-winning Shell Bitufresh which has been specially formulated to reduce the odour of bitumen, improving conditions for both workers and residents.

Today, 27 May 2016, Shell and National Infrastructure Holdings Co Ltd (NIHC) celebrated the opening of road trial project along Pyinmana Myo Shuang Road, near Nay Pyi Taw International Airport. This project is supervised by the Ministry of Construction.

According to figures from the World Bank1, the African continent only has 204 kms of road per 1000 sq km of land area, out of which only a quarter is paved. The world average is 944 kms per 1,000 sq kms, with over half paved.